Commission on Chicago Landmarks met December 6

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks held its regularly scheduled meeting on December 6, 2018. The meeting was held at City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, City Council Chambers, Chicago, Illinois. The meeting began at 1:15 p.m.

PHYSICALLY PRESENT:

Rafael Leon, Chairman

Jim Houlihan, Vice Chairman

David Reifman, Deputy Commissioner, Dept. of Planning and Development

Gabriel Dziekiewicz

Mary Ann Smith

ABSENT: Juan Moreno

Carmen Rossi

Richard Tolliver

Ernest Wong

ALSO PHYSICALLY PRESENT:

Eleanor Gorski, Deputy Commissioner of Planning, Design, and Historic

Preservation, Department of Planning and Development

Dijana Cuvalo, Architect IV, Department of Planning and Development

Lisa Misher, Department of Law, Real Estate and Land Use Division

Members of the Public

(The list of those in attendance is on file at the Commission office.)

A recording of this meeting is on file at the Historic Preservation Division offices of the Department of Planning and Development and is part of the public record of the regular meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.

Chairman Leon called the meeting to order.

1. Approval of the Minutes of Previous Meeting

Regular Meeting of November 1, 2018

Motioned by Houlihan, seconded by Smith. Approved unanimously (5-0).

Commissioner Carmen Rossi joined the meeting.

2. Preliminary Landmark Recommendation

PILSEN DISTRICT WARD 25

18th Street between Leavitt and Sangamon Streets, and 13 blocks bounded by 18th Street to the north, Ashland Avenue to the west, 21st Street to the south, and Racine Avenue to the east Matt Crawford presented the report. Motion to adopt the preliminary landmark recommendation to City Council for the Pilsen District.